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ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
ABILENE TEXAS
FRIDAY
September 3 2004
Vol. 93 No. 5
1 section 10 pages
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SA uncovers $30000 expense
Congress forced to pay
for electronic bowling
scoring built last year
By JONATHAN SMITH
Ediiorin Crnir
Amid confusion and ques-
tions of financial mishandlings
the Students' Association this
week found itself owing
$30000 for the electronic scor-
ing in the bowling alley that
should hac been iocrcd In
last ) cars SA budget
Executive treasurer T)lcr
Cosgrove explained to the
new Student Congress in its
first meeting Wcdncsih)
night how last cars adminis-
tration overspent its budget
by almost $80000 About
$48000 of that was covered
b budget rollovers from pre-
vious )cars leaving the
$30 000 electronic bowling
to be paid this vcar
"This is not the fault
of the voting mem
bcrs Irom last vcar
hsbk wi
documentation last year has
made it dlllicull to tell where
some or last years money was
spent He said the officers had
not yet spoken with last years
executive treasurer David
Shinn or president Jonathan
Wilkcrson who could
know more about the sit
uation
Although they will
said executive president ' ."tZPTffl continue to investigate
Lavnc Rouse during the 'trK' what happened Rouse and
meeting
Cx.ii.tl who is at fault
remains as unclear as how
S268 000 was spent bv
Congress last vcar the execu-
tive officers slid
Cosgrovc stid poor budget
Cosgrove said the main focus
now is to move ahead and
decide how Congress will cope
with a $65000 budget instead
of $95 000
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Executive treasurer Tyler Coigrove addresses Student Congress on ill
first meeting Wednesday about the current financial crisis.
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Frozen treat helps beat the heat
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Snowcones popular with students
who disagree on best vendor
By DEE TRAVIS
Ants Editor
Have vou tried a fuzz) naval lately ?
How about tigers blood or a Tcemgc Mutant
Ninji Turtle? Straw tuna an) one?
As man) college students know these arc
snow cone flavors and the average stand has at
least sixty to choose from
An) college town has a built in market for
such a business and the suffocating heat of West
Texas only helps
Bill Luttrcll owner of Cajun Cones sa)s the
south side of town alone has about nine snow-
cone stands and the north side has about Ave
"Our busiest limes are definitely April and
Ma)" Luttrcll said
Cajun Cones seems to be one of the most pop-
ular snowconc places in town parti) because of
how long its been open 17 )cars
Luttrcll said he decided to bring a piece of the
Cajun countr) with him when he moved to
Abilene after being stationed in southern
Louisiana during his Air force days
"Thais where 1 had ni) first snowconc onl)
there they were called snowballs " he said "I had
never found an) thing in Texas quite like that "
Luttrell said he owns three permanent stands
and one portable stand
"The one on Judge LI) Boulevard is our origi-
nal location " he said
As for the competition Luttrcll said new
stands arc always appearing
"People drive by in the summer sec the long
lines and think I could open a snowconc
stand" he said "Thtrcs more and more stands
popping up ever) yiar but we have our regular
customers
Many college students have made Cajun
Cones a tradition
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Gumm eats a snowconc Aug. 19 during Welcome Week outside of Bennett Gymnasium. Students have
a variety of snowcone choices in Abilene with such businesses as Cajun Cones and New Wave Ice.
Students express interest in social clubs
Interest meeting draws
large crowd; rushes
begin next week
By EMILY CHASTAIN
Siiolnt RrroRHR
More than 300 students attended
the pledging interest meeting Mon-
day night where Mike Spell adviser
of social clubs gave students Infor-
mation about rushing including
important dates deadlines eligibility
and other rules
Mary Kay Knight administrative
coordinator for the Office of Judicial
Affairs and Social Clubs said the reg-
istration deadline has changed this
year Students now can attend open
rushes Monday
through Wednes-
day and then reg-
ister to pledge be-
fore 5 p m
Wednesday
As of Wednes-
day 112 men and 242 women had
registered This number is about the
same as the total number of pledges
last fall Knight said shes not sure
whether people have just registered
early or if this years numbers will
exceed last year's
Jonathan Holloway sophomore
biology major from Abilene at-
tended the meeting and said al-
though it was useful he was looking
for more reasons to rush and pledge
"I was a little disappointed" Hoi-
"We cue leally trying to emphasize relationship
Club is a blessing We don't want to be superficial
RoMlyn Perry president ol Sigma Theta Chi
loway said "I had hoped they would
provide a few more reasons why we
should do it "
Bryan Prcast junior business
management major from White-
house also attended the meeting as
well and said it give him the infor-
mation he needed and hes pretty
sure he II pledge after he rushes
"I like the idea of having an or-
ganization where I can meet some
people who are older than inc. and
then when I get older make friends
with younger people"
Prcast said "It s a good
way to connect through
the el isscs
Rosily n Perry senior
element try idue.uion
mijor from Abilene and
Siglll l Thela Chi president slid shes
looking forward to the rushes her
club is having She has prepared by
talking to members about the direc-
tion the club is going
"We are rially tr)'B '" cinpha
size relilionships and mike it more
real and intention il" Pcrr) said
"Club is a blessing We don I wint to
besuperfieial
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Departments
implement
tutoring plan
Some add lower-level classes
night sessions to replace LEC
By LOW BREDEMEYER
Mvngisg Editor
Departments across campus have begun
instigating programs to replace the tutoring
services lost when the Learning Enhancement
Center closed last semester
Each department was responsible for iden-
tifying the areas in which it would need tutor-
ing and the department chairs submitted pro-
posals with requests for funding
The Provosts Cabinet met Wednesday and
discussed the departments' requests and most
of the funding was approved said Dr Colleen
Durnngton dean of the College of Arts ahd
Sciences
She said the tutoring will
allow departments to work
more closely with students
than the LEC did
"The) (LEC) did a very
good job " Durnngton said
"but we believe the tutoring
can be tied more closely to the
classes and the specific needs
of students in departments by
having it handled this wa) We
hope we can make a positive
out of it b) making the tutor-
ing more focused and more
beneficial to students "
The Department of Mathe-
matics and Computer Science
has added extra lower-level
classes with tutoring sessions
attached to fill the void Dr Shankle
David Hughes chair of the
department said his tutors can help the stu-
dents more effectively because they have taken
the classes they re tutoring
"The LEC hired good students but they
didnt always know the purpose and direction
of Math 120 and Math 130" he said "Were
changing that We think we re hiring good stu-
dents who also know what the direction is and
have that experience"
The department is also planning to conduct
tutoring sessions three nights a week in addi-
tion to the new courses Hughes said the
process will be trial and error this semester
"We dont know how many people to
expect in those sessions" he said "and we
dont know whither well hue a few and not
have enough to do or whether well be overrun
with people so that the tutors cant keep up So
its kind of a learning experience this semes-
ter" The English Department has also added
new courses to help students who arc not
ready to begin regular entry-level English
classes and the classes each have a peer tutor
to assist the professor said Dr Nancy Shankle
chair of the department
"By having the trained peer tutors in the
room its like cloning the teacher" she said
It makes it possible for us to accomplish
our goal of teaching the class in a writing
workshop and giving the students the individ-
ualized attention the) need
She said the pressure of finding tutors and
supporting a largcr-than-norinal freshman
class has been alleviated by the University
Writing Center which is still in operation in
the LEC space
"The university has been so open about
s c TUTOR r.!g.
Durrington
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